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INSIDE HURRICANE OPHELIA Javier Segovia Hernáez I never thought I was going to experience being in a hurricane. However, last October, while I was studding in Galway, Ireland. A category 3 hurricane called Ophelia killed 3 people and forced the government to declare 'Status Red' warning.
The warnings started when the Met Eireann, Ireland's national meteorological service, reported on 12th October that the storm would reach Ireland. On 14thOctober, it issued a 'Status Red' warning, its highest storm category, for portions of Ireland. Because of all the warnings the Department of Education and Skills confirmed that all crèches, primary and post-primary schools would be closed on 16th and 17th October. And, in addition , Aer Lingus (The flag carrier airline of Ireland and the second-largest airline in Ireland) confirmed a number of flights from Cork Airport and Shannon Airport would be cancelled, with the likelihood of 50 flights being cancelled. All public transport previously scheduled within the red alert zone were cancelled including bus, rail and ferry journeys. On 16th October, gusts of up to 191 km per hour (119 mph) were recorded at Fastnet Rock off the coast of County Cork, the highest wind speeds ever recorded in Ireland. The Electricity Supply Board(ESB Group), a company operating in the Republic of Ireland confirmed that more than 360,000 customers were without power in the wake of the storm. Two people, a man in Dundalk and a woman in County Waterford, were killed when trees fell on their cars.In County Tipperary, another fatality occurred when a man was clearing a fallen tree with a chainsaw. Two men died in separate incidents after suffering fatal injuries while carrying out repairs to damage caused by Ophelia and Storm Brian. In Cork, a man died after he fell while working on a shed roof, and in County Wicklowanother man died after falling from a ladder while carrying out repairs to his farm shed. On 17th October, it was estimated that Ophelia had caused €1 billion losses in Ireland, for the most part for the shutdown of economic activities the day of its passage. As of 24th October, insurance claims across Ireland reached €6 million,primarily coming from residents in Cork and Tipperary. Insured damage is not expected to exceed that of Storm Darwin in 2014, which resulted in €111 million in payouts.
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